Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 18510 – Joint investigations
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1. Joint investigations. In addition to the authority granted to a member board by its respective medical practice act or other applicable state law, a member board may participate with other member boards in joint investigations of a physician licensed by the member boards.
[PL 2017, c. 253, §7 (NEW).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 18510
- License: means authorization by a state for a physician to engage in the practice of medicine. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 18503
- Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
- Medical practice act: means the laws and rules governing the practice of allopathic and osteopathic medicine within a member state. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 18503
- Member board: means a state agency in a member state that acts in the sovereign interests of the state by protecting the public through licensure, regulation and education of physicians as directed by the state government. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 18503
- Member state: means a state that has enacted the compact. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 18503
- Physician: means a person who:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 18503Practice of medicine: means the clinical prevention, diagnosis or treatment of a human disease, injury or condition requiring a physician to obtain and maintain a license in compliance with the medical practice act of a member state. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 18503 State: means any state, commonwealth, district or territory of the United States. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 18503 Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
2. Subpoenas. A subpoena issued by a member state is enforceable in other member states.
[PL 2017, c. 253, §7 (NEW).]
3. Materials sharing. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a member board may share any investigative, litigation or compliance materials in furtherance of any joint or individual investigation initiated under the compact.
[PL 2017, c. 253, §7 (NEW).]
4. Investigations in other member states. A member state may investigate actual or alleged violations of the laws authorizing the practice of medicine in any other member state in which a physician holds a license to practice medicine.
[PL 2017, c. 253, §7 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2017, c. 253, §7 (NEW).